Mark A. Mellor, Esq. was featured on ABC 10News San Diego, where several homeowners claim that a well-known solar company suddenly closed their doors and took off with their payments.
“Attorney Mark Mellor specializes in construction law. He tells homeowners to check all contracts for lien warnings before signing them. He also says to consider getting a subcontractor to sign an unconditional lien waiver upon payment since the subcontractor cannot file a lien for work that he or she has been paid for. If there’s a refusal, he says to consider making your check out to both the contractor and the subcontractor. “Those two can fight over what they’re being paid because the contractor can’t cash it without an endorsement from the subcontractor and the subcontractor can’t endorse it without the other guy signing off,” he told ABC 10News.”
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